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2019-01-19 NSSAT - Proclus and Grimes - Elements of Theology; Philosophical Midwifery: Midwifery and Metaphysics, Part 2

by: Pierre Grimes and the Noetic Society

Publication date: 2019-01-19

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

Topics: philosophy, plato, NSSAT, pg1, elements-of-theology, philosophical-midwifery

Language: English

Synopsis

Another great Saturday morning chat with Pierre, this time around JulieH's kitchen table. Bradley continues his questions from last night, regarding how Pierre got himself to write his phenomenal book, Philosophical Midwifery(*). This leads into some war stories from Pierre, as well as reading some of the chapters (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35) from Proclus' Elements of Theology, Balboa translation in which the pathologos may be seen.

Highlights

Bradley to Pierre: How did you come up with philosophical midwifery and the pathologos?
Pierre's story of his early work with alcoholics
His brief encounter with Albert Ellis at the New School for Social Research
Paratroopers and a bad theory
Psychology and another bad theory: "tumescence"
Motivation Research
APPA - new jobs in California posted, Santa Monica
Orange Coast College: "I would prefer to teach in such a way that I don't have failures" -- "You're hired!!!"
Josh: Who are the first people you did PMW counseling on?
Wallets and watches: The Germans gave up once on their own soil (as his Dutch mother had predicted)
The Via Roma -- fighting this fight against "the barbarians" for 1000 years
European philosophy - 2nd rate thinkers
Houseboat with Alan Watts. Lama Tada and other native philosophical / spiritual practitioners for teachers
Fart story
Duck entrails
A New Paradigm
The Mount Rushmore of Philosophers

More Info

Pierre Grimes and Philosophical Midwifery
(*) Pierre's book, Philosophical Midwifery: A New Paradigm for Understanding Human Problems, With Its Validation. Available on Amazon, AbeBooks, etc. ISBN-13: 978-0964819115. ISBN-10: 0964819112
The Noetic Society
The Pierre Grimes and the Noetic Society collection here on archive.org.